University Dual Undergraduate Enrollment

University Dual Undergraduate Enrollment Policy

Individual colleges may allow undergraduates in senior standing who are not part of a bachelor’s-to-master’s degree 4+1 or accelerated program to take approved graduate courses under the Dual Undergraduate Enrollment Policy.  Undergraduate students must meet the standards established by each college.  Graduate students should refer to the specific college’s dual undergraduate enrollment policy.

1. The specific standards established by the colleges include but are not limited to the following:
   1. Colleges will determine student eligibility requirements including but not limited to senior standing in terms of credits, required grade point average, and appropriate permissions (i.e., advisor, dean, chair, instructor, etc.). 
   2. Colleges will identify and compile a list of graduate courses that may be taken.
   3. Colleges will provide proper advising to undergraduate students interested in taking a graduate course.
2. Dual Undergraduate Enrollment Guidelines
   1. Graduate credit will be counted towards the student’s semester load.  Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits, and a maximum of 16 credits per semester.
   2. The chair of the student’s undergraduate major may approve allowing the graduate credits to count as undergraduate electives on a case-by-case basis.
   3. Graduate courses taken during an undergraduate’s senior year are covered as part of the semester tuition charge for full-time undergraduates.
   4. All graduate courses taken by an undergraduate student will appear and remain on the undergraduate transcript.
   5. Grades earned in the graduate course(s) are not calculated in the undergraduate GPA.
   6. Grades earned in the graduate course(s) may be calculated in the graduate GPA of an appropriate master’s degree provided the student is admitted and the course(s) are approved by the graduate program director.
3. Graduate courses completed by undergraduates may fulfill requirements towards an appropriate Master’s degree with the approval of the graduate program director.
   1. Students who wish to apply the graduate courses to an appropriate master’s degree must complete the application process for admission and be fully admitted into the graduate program.
   2. Graduate course(s) used to fulfill the undergraduate Bachelor’s degree requirements cannot be used towards completion of a graduate degree.
   3. Upon admission into a graduate program, the graduate course(s) not used to fulfill undergraduate Bachelor’s degree requirements will be evaluated and applied to the graduate program degree requirements as appropriate provided a “B” grade or higher was earned.
   4. Grades earned in the graduate course(s) not used to fulfill undergraduate Bachelor’s degree requirements may be calculated in the graduate GPA of an appropriate master’s degree provided the student is admitted and the course(s) are approved by the graduate program director.
   5. No dual enrollment master’s degree will be awarded to a student with fewer than 150 credits. Therefore:
      1. Up to eight (8) credits of graduate courses earned by undergraduates can be applied to an appropriate graduate degree that requires 36 credits or more.
      2. Up to four (4) credits of graduate courses earned by undergraduates can be applied to an appropriate graduate degree that requires less than 32 credits.